Steve Balmer, Microsoft CEO, used his CES opening speech to highlight the ‘exceptional’ success of its Kinect motion controller for games – eight million have been sold against a forecast of five million – and announce the technology is coming to Xbox TV in the first quarter of 2011. So, as a ‘Minority Report’ style […]
The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), a cross-industry consortium dedicated to creating a consumer-friendly open market for digital content distribution, has announced a series of milestones in the development and availability of UltraViolet. UltraViolet will allow consumers to purchase digital content and watch it wherever, whenever. Consumers who purchase UltraViolet entertainment will have a consistent […]
A Strategy Analytics Digital Home Observatory report which evaluated connected media players, has found that consumers are most concerned with high-quality streaming capabilities as well as the total number of content and services available to them. This study covered the usability and usefulness of Roku XDS, Google TV, Apple TV and Boxee. Participants felt that […]
Yahoo and several television networks have launched a pilot interactivity programme for its Connected TV on the eve of the opening of CES. “This is the next phase of where television is heading and we think we have a strategic advantage being out on the market for two years now,” said Russ Schafer, senior director […]
Digital entertainment solutions provider Rovi has unveiled the Rovi Media Cloud, a suite of entertainment web services that is designed to enable the rapid creation of innovative new products, services and applications for the connected consumer. According to the company, the initiative demonstrates its plans to continue to power the next wave of digital entertainment […]
Panasonic has unveiled its Viera Connect- an enhancement of its connected IPTV offerings on 2011 Viera HDTVs to include a robust collection of applications such as expanded video streaming, and two-way interactive features from gaming to social networking, and fitness programs. Panasonic has also unveiled Viera Connect Market, a service which allows consumers to personalise […]
Microsoft could use this week’s Consumer Electronics Show to introduce a connected-television offering that would compete with Google TV and Apple TV. “Microsoft’s going to make a splash in this market with a stripped-down version of Windows tailored for set-top boxes and connected TVs,” Brier Dudley, a columnist with The Seattle Times, predicted. “The software […]
Consumer desire for on-demand and online video content will motivate sales of Internet-connectable TV devices to nearly 350 million units worldwide by 2015, setting the stage for intense competition in app development, international market research firm Parks Associates has reported. The firm forecasts worldwide sales of Internet-connectable HDTVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, and digital video […]
NDS, a provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has entered into a partnership with ARM, the semiconductor intellectual property supplier, to enable the delivery of Over-the-Top (OTT) content and services to connected TVs, with NDS Infinite TV. The cooperation will enable connected TV manufacturers to implement a ready-made software solution that will provide a […]
Funai Electric and ActiveVideo Networks has announced an agreement in principle that will make Funai the first consumer electronics manufacturer to bring interactive television solutions based entirely in the network cloud to connected televisions. Funai Electric manufactures Philips, Emerson, Magnavox and Sylvania brand televisions and Blu-ray players. Funai and ActiveVideo anticipate that an announcement regarding […]